Gardening in South Louisiana

Dancing With The Dragonflies

This past weekend, I discovered dozens upon dozens of dragonflies visiting my garden. I haven’t seen so many dragonflies since I was a child (I won’t say how long ago that was…). These are welcome visitors since I am hoping they will cut down on the mosquito population in my backyard. These were quite young dragonflies so I am assuming they just emerged from the larval stage. It looked a dragonfly festival in my backyard with the swirling and flying dragonflies in the air. My camera was not able to capture motion photos but I did catch a few that weren’t too shy to pose for the camera.

Hello

After years of container gardening on my apartment’s balcony, I finally have a house with a yard which needed a garden. My parents are avid gardeners, especially my dad, and have passed along the gardening genes as well as many wonderful plants to me. There’s something about a garden with brings a pleasant surprise every day to your life and helps you slow down that hectic and frantic lifestyle that so many of us go through on a daily basis. This will be my version of a combination of a gardening and life journal.